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…frontlines Olympic Bound Marlene Temkin JN Intern T hough going to the Olympics is a dream many people have, it is rare for that dream to become a reality. But Elena Hirsch, 9, of West Bloomfield won a contest that is sending her 3,700 miles across the globe to watch the 30th Olympic Games in London and participate in McDonald's Global Champions of Play program with the other finalists. Last Friday at the 14 Mile and Orchard Lake McDonald'...…
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…frontlines IRP's Lecture Series Eyes American Politics The Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit's Institute for Retired Professionals (IRP) will host the annual Kirsh Lecture Series, "American Politics in a Global Age," fea- turing Professor Howard N. Lupovitch, throughout the month of July. Lupovitch is the Waks Family Chair in Jewish Studies in the History Department at the University of Western Ontario in Howard London and auth...…
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…Pho tos by Bre tt Moun Looking over pledge letters sent to congregants: Paul Gross of Farmington Hills, first vice president; Cheryl_Ch-aben, executive director; Rabbi Ariana Silverman"; Rabbi Norman __- Roman; and Gene Farber of West Bloomfield, treasurer. ttornthe e Kol Ami's new pledge system eliminates dues payments. Shelli Liebman Dorfman I Contributing Writer CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 "It can make all the difference in the world when...…
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….,!..11? / 1 P??` 1flIJ ;11E1 TiJ 5(iiifildfit?_5? Ai 1.).9 ? - ._- ) f r .i/ii:1±±?,r? Moderated by Stephen Henderson Detroit Free Press Editorial Page Editor Sunday, July 1 • 3:30 p.m. Congregation Shaarey Zedek 27375 Belt Road, Southfield The new 14th congressional district stretches through southeast Michigan from Pontiac, West Bloomfield and Farmington Hills, eastward across the northern tier of the city of Detroit and into the ...…
…Defendants' Filoticr, In their motion, the Torah Center defendants challenged the plain- tiff's position that the Chabad movement is "hierarchal" — the concept that the West Bloomfield synagogue is under the direct control of Chabad's Crown Heights headquarters in Brooklyn and its Michigan unit. The congregation refuses to turn over title to its building to Chabad of Michigan. "I'v1y clients feel that the Torah Center bought, built and main- t...…
…metro Chabad from page 21 institution Bais Chabad Torah Center of West Bloomfield and the members of its board in their function at the institution, in order to get a rabbinical court ruling validated, there is clearly no place here for concern about [this causing] any des- ecration of the Divine Name, G-d forbid." The defendants counter with a let- ter from the Brooklyn-based Office of the Executive Committee of the Central Committee of Cha...…
…>> around town SpringElation JARC's annual evening event at the Detroit Zoo raised $320,000. N ar d Km?, early 2,000 partygoers and 150 volunteers attended this year's 14th annual JARC SpringElation event on May 30. Guests enjoyed a private evening at the Detroit Zoo including a picnic dinner, free parking and access to many of the Zoo's popular exhibits and attractions, including rides on the new Carousel and Tauber Family Railroad. St...…
…metro >> calendar Much To Dk SATURDAY, JUNE 23 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7:7 ADIEU, CANTOR DVD LECTURES 7 pm. Temple Emanu-El in Oak Park pres- 1 pm. See Judaica on DVD: The Book of Genesis at Cong. Beth Ahm, West ents a Havdallah goodbye to Cantor Darcie Sharlein, Jeff and Ruthie. Evening begins with Havdallah, followed by music and mes- sages from members. 248-967-4020. SUNDAY, JUNE 24 Always here. KINDERTRANSPORT 2:30 pm. Join Hans Weinma...…
…family focus Five Things Your Kids Will Love This Month ' ,••• Contributing Writer ANN ARBOR SUMMER FESTIVAL Juggling and tightrope-walking lessons courtesy of Cirque Amongus, tattoos (of the temporary nature), a teen music competition, free outdoor screenings of Hugo, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, Close Encounters of the Third Kind and more, plus headlined by Erth's 6..t4fipttt - Aperte, riur buqy Jumpairt Lynne Konstantin TH...…
…>> ... Next Generation ... Meet NEXTGen Detroit First annual meeting lays out vision for engaging young Jews in the community. N EXTGen Detroit (formerly known as YAD) launched in full force on Tuesday, June 12, as 175 NextGeners gathered for its first annual meeting at the home of Marcie and Rob Orley in Franklin. Joshua Levine, 2011-2012 YAD president, started the meeting by giving the annual report. "The landscape for young adult engage...…
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…oints of view >> Send letters to: letters@thejewishnews.com Contributing Editor Editorial David Project's Israel Model Could Endure Time To Let Pollard Go Convicted Israeli spy has more than paid societal debt. W ith Israeli President Shimon Peres stepping up the pressure for Israeli agent Jonathan Pollard's release from the U.S. prison system after almost 27 years of incarceration, much of the time in soli- darity confinement, Barack ...…
…Let Pollard Go from page 28 The clarion call for Pollard's release stands on its own merit. Israel — and that releasing Pollard could ignite Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. I remember how the 1998 Wye River Peace Accord was supposed to provide the same ignition. The cause-and-effect idea surely fans the discussion flames, but I didn't believe in it 14 years ago and I don't now. The clarion call for Pollard's release stands on its own merit....…
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…Designation Detr@it Mission: It's Time For Us To Engage With Detroit! Revitalize Detroit Dan Gilbert talks about his plans for Downtown. Next up: retail. Dan Gilbert and his associates are not a proxy for Jewish com- munity involvement. Arthur Horwitz Sandra Svoboda I Special to the Jewish News F Publisher and Executive Editor filling Downtown Detroit with people — his employees, recent graduates of Michigan . universities and other ...…
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…Designation Detr®it Revitalize Detroit from page 1 News; Tack Yong Kim, publisher and owner of the Michigan Korean Weekly; Osama Siblani, publisher of the Arab American News; and Bankole Thompson, senior editor of the Michigan Chronicle. Gilbert was accompanied by Carolyn Artman, senior public relations manager; David Carroll, a Quicken Loans vice president; and Bruce Schwartz, Quicken Loans' Detroit relocation ambassador. Oshagan explained ...…
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…Engage from page 1 your child's school doesn't work and you're told there's no money to fix them. Gilbert's meeting with the leaders of the Michigan Chronicle, the Latino Press, the Arab-American News, the Michigan Korean Weekly and the Jewish News, plus NMM founder Dr. Hayg Oshagan of Wayne State University, offered an opportunity for expanding the Rock Venture/ Quicken footprint in ways that can further diversify his company's workforces, c...…
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…"We can live here for about the same as what we were paying in our condo." Parshat Korach: Numbers 16:1-18:32; Samuel 11:14-12:22. H anging in the back of my closet is a beautiful tallit that was hand-woven in Ethiopia. This colorful prayer shawl was purchased by my grandmother several years ago when the renowned "Mitzvah Man" Danny Siegel vis- ited Adat Shalom Synagogue in Farmington Hills. The tallit is waiting in my closet until my oldes...…
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…arts & entertainment Our annual summer reading roundup offers more than 50 new titles enjoy! Gail Zimmerman Arts Editor In The Innocents (Voice), debut novelist Francesca Segal was inspired to reimagine Edith Wharton's The Age of Innocence — which skewered stifling fin de siecle New York society — for the modern age. Set in the modern-day upper-crust Jewish community of North West London, still under the shadow of the Holocaust and where th...…
…arts & entertainment Kick Back from page 33 concentration camps of World War II, the union movement in Chicago in the 1940s and the legal battle for black civil rights in the United States of the 1950s. Comic writers Dave Barry (married to former Detroit sportswriter Michelle Kaufman) and Alan Zweibel (a close friend and collaborator with the late Detroit-born comedienne Gilda Radner) have written Lunatics (Putnam), about the comic misadven...…
…>> editor's picks POP / ROCK JAZZ / FOLK About the West, Yeshi, recognized from birth as the reincar- nation of a famed Buddhist master, breaks away to Under the baton embrace the modern world. of Music Director "While My Reincarnation Leonard Slatkin, is about a Tibetan the Detroit Gail Zimmerman Buddhist family, it also Symphony Ar is Editor explores universal issues Orchestra per- of father-son relationships, forms a Pops the meaning of ...…
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…research, Ariely looks anew at ethical (and unethical) behavior, report- ing on dishonest companies, insider trading, cheating in matters large and small, infidelity and more. A professor at Duke University, he also addresses the question of whether religion improves the practice of honesty. Kick Back from page 37 his years as a journalist, the comforts of literature and the value of solitude, reminding us that grief is not apart from life b...…
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…vxONG H FINE CHINESE DINING 'A wonderful adventure in fine dining" - Danny Ras Something fishy. T his week's menu takes us back outside to the grill — this time with whole fish, which seems daunting to some though it's super-easy and extremely impressive. And the Great Lakes are just the right source for the best freshwater fish around. Here, I offer a recipe for trout, but any local fish will do just fine. Just be sure your grill is hot,...…
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